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[QUOTE=maker]Thanks Rab.
Actually I was wondering whether it would be possible to add an 'Express tools' command for exploding Mlines to polylines - instead of lines. I'm sure I saw a lisp file somewhere which did that. I'll try to find it. And maybe send it to you if you want.
<img src="smileys/smiley1.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle" alt="Smile" /><i>Explode mlines (to plines):</i> http://new.cadalyst.com/code/browseyear.cfm?fullyear=2006 <i>(in march 2006)</i>
Also:
<i>ellipse -pline; spline to pline: </i> http://groups.google.co.uk/group/autodesk.autocad.customization/browse_thread/thread/7f6e4ab864d4ef18/d315aa6dfb667068?lnk=st&amp;q=AutoCAD+Explode+Ellipse&amp;rnum=9&amp;hl=en#d315aa6dfb667068
spline to pline: http://new.cadalyst.com/code/browseyear.cfm?fullyear=2005
<i>ellipse to pline and back:</i> http://new.cadalyst.com/code/tips/CodeSearch_Detail.cfm?ID=1539
Incidentally, lots of good stuff in Cadalyst. I haven't tested them with wCad, but I'm sure most will work fine.
maker2008-05-07 09:35:08http://www.zwsoft.com/forum/viewthread.php?tid=1104&pid=10857
Hi Rab,
The following site probably gives a better insight as to what I'm talking about :-
<a href="http://www.cadfx.com/flash/flash.phtml?filename=blockman" target="_blank">http://www.cadfx.com/flash/flash.phtml?filename=blockman</A>
Category and SubCategory are really Library and Sub Libraries, just methods of categorising blocks, so that you only need look through a smaller number of blocks. This is particularly useful if we're space planning furniture within a design.
Most block manager software that I've come across simply displays a block or a matrix of blocks, but we would like to be able to choose, between a list of Descriptions or Codes and the actual graphical block. This means that clients can actually give us the exact codes that they require and we can pull them from the block manager.
As I said in an earlier post, the ideal compliment to this would be the ability to extract a list of all the blocks used wiythin a design and the quantity present of each.
Hope that helps.... Have a good day !!<img src="http://www.zwcad.org/forum/smileys/smiley1.gif" height="17" width="17" border="0" align="absmiddle" alt="Smile" />Tiger2008-05-21 05:37:26http://www.zwsoft.com/forum/viewthread.php?tid=1104&pid=10849
hello, Tiger. In post, you talked about two functions of the block manager. I haven't found out some resource about that. But as for the search function in block manager, I have submitted this small feature to our R&amp;D dept and they will consider whether and when to add it. About the Creating new blocks within categories and sub-categories, could you talked about it step by step so that we can verify whether it can be added in our block manager dialog box?<img src="smileys/smiley17.gif" height="17" width="17" border="0" align="absmiddle" alt="Tongue" />zw_admin2008-05-20 03:15:31http://www.zwsoft.com/forum/viewthread.php?tid=1104&pid=10829
Hi Maker
Yes more Block tools would be ideal, we work mainly with pre-defined blocks ( approx 4000 ), so anything that makes our lives easier is ideal.<img src="http://www.zwcad.org/forum/smileys/smiley10.gif" height="17" width="17" border="0" align="absmiddle" alt="Star" />Tiger2008-05-16 08:17:05Tiger2008-05-16 08:16:38http://www.zwsoft.com/forum/viewthread.php?tid=1104&pid=10828
Hi..
I'd like to see an integrated Block Manager, with categories and subcategories of block and a search function ( on Name or Description ), we currently have around 4000 blocks, so this would make life so much simpler. Coupled with an extractor, that extracts specified block information and counts of occurances it would be perfect. <img src="http://www.zwcad.org/forum/smileys/smiley20.gif" height="17" width="23" border="0" align="absmiddle" style="WIDTH:%2022px;%20HEIGHT:%2017px" alt="Thumbs%20Up" />
Out of interest... do you guys do bespoke development for customers ?Tiger2008-05-16 08:14:55http://www.zwsoft.com/forum/viewthread.php?tid=1104&pid=10744
Hello, Maker. Thank you for all the info you tell us. I will forward your advice to our R&amp;D dept. They will estimate the practical value and make the desition whether and when to add them.<img src="http://www.zwcad.org/Forum/smileys/smiley1.gif" height="17" width="17" border="0" align="absmiddle" alt="Smile" />
zw_admin2008-05-07 21:00:42http://www.zwsoft.com/forum/viewthread.php?tid=1104&pid=10708
Thanks Rab.
Actually I was wondering whether it would be possible to add an 'Express tools' command for exploding Mlines to polylines - instead of lines. I'm sure I saw a lisp file somewhere which did that. I'll try to find it. And maybe send it to you if you want.
maker2008-05-05 23:44:31http://www.zwsoft.com/forum/viewthread.php?tid=1104&pid=10701
Hello, Maker. It seems that I misunderstood your meaning. First I shall point out, the version you are using, Vernum=2008.04.15 (5576), is our latest version. About the Mline explode, as you describe, the Mline can be expoded to Line, but not Polyline. It's the default operation of Explode command and the result is the same as in AutoCAD. I will talk with our developer to see whether we will improve the function as you wish. <img src="smileys/smiley1.gif" height="17" width="17" border="0" align="absmiddle" alt="Smile" />zw_admin2008-05-05 21:59:56http://www.zwsoft.com/forum/viewthread.php?tid=1104&pid=10684
Hello, Rab.
Thanks you for the reply. EXplode mlines to polylines is not available in the version I'm using (2008.04.15 (5576)) downloaded from Zwcad.org on 3rdMay. Isn't that the latest? Here it eXplodes to lines only :(
I'm really impressed with how responsive your company is! I wish more companies were like that. Good luck in your development.
-maker-
BTW, what differences are there between the latest version and the one I downloaded?
maker2008-05-05 00:15:59http://www.zwsoft.com/forum/viewthread.php?tid=1104&pid=10673
Hello, Maker. Thank you for your suggestion. I have forwared your first idea to our R&amp;D dept. They will consider whether to do away with the layers toolbar and integrate it into the properties bar. As for the EXplode to Polylines, it's available in our current version. You can enter the Explode command to do that, then the multiline entities can be Trim or Extend. About the Offset function, it has been submitted to our R&amp;D dept as well. <img src="http://www.zwcad.org/Forum/smileys/smiley1.gif" height="17" width="17" border="0" align="absmiddle" alt="Smile" />zw_admin2008-05-04 04:51:19http://www.zwsoft.com/forum/viewthread.php?tid=1104&pid=10665
Just a few ideas, wishes: I hope you don't mind my sharing them.
1. What I felt was that: since you could do most of the stuff of the layer toolbar in the Property Bar, wouldn't it be better to do better to do away with it altogether, and put everything on the Property Bar? This would free up screen space at the top. Especially now that widescreen monitors are becoming more common.
2. If we could have a 'Explode to Polylines' (for mlines) - so we can easily convert mline walls to polylines and use functions like 'Trim' on them. I'm quite sure I saw a lisp routine which did this somewhere. BTW, what happened to 'Offset-->Both sides'? I thought it was a very useful command for architects.
Just my 2cents.
-maker-
maker2008-05-02 13:35:04